GhostTown has had some success using the trash bag method and his homage to your sentinels is pretty damn good. Its the illusion of depth that I guess I'm just too lazy to commit to where mache is concerned. This year I'm just taking a crack at using fabric and mud, baby steps. May pick up a couple carvables this weekend just to have a go. As always, thanks for the inspiration.

Hey Eddie,I go through a LOT of duct tape. The strong stuff sold in the vent/ductwork aisle at Lowes..not the duct tape sold in the tape aisle. This stuff is amazing. All-weather.

I tape the pumpkin to a thin metal shelf bracket...and then attach the end of the bracket which is sticking down to a pvc pipe sticking up from the neck. I use the tape for that. Wrapped really tight. Then I have to mache it with paper towels dipped in glue mache - one part elmers glue/two parts water. It dries really strong. And I've never had a head even loosen a little bit.

So imagine a pumpkin...sitting on a shelf bracket (like an inverted "L"....and the lower part is the neck...and the horizontal part is the support for the pumpkin's weight. with strips of duct tape securing it...and running up along the back of the pumpkin for added strength.

The cloth is creepy cloth from Oriental trading...I dip that in a bucket of water and glue....so it dries mostly firm....the finer detail is cheesecloth, dipped in the glue/water. Then I paint it all black... exterior rustoleum spray... Then I seal it with waterproof sealent...for camping stuff.